Meso- to abyssopelagic (Ref. 58302) and bathypelagic (Ref. 58426). Feed mainly on crustaceans, but also take fishes, cephalopods, and other invertebrates (Ref. 2850, 11041). Parasite of the species is known to be Pistana eurypharyngis, a parasitic cestode (Ref. 5951).